Samajwadi Party U-turn: Akhilesh Yadav, Ram Gopal Yadav re-inducted a day after expulsion

“We will all sit together with Netaji and I am sure all problems will be resolved,” he said.

Party founder member Azam Khan and Maharashtra unit chief Abu Azmi also reportedly backed Akhilesh. The chief minister was expelled from the party on Friday after he issued a list of candidates for the upcoming elections even when a list was already issued by his father and party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Moreover, Ramgopal Yadav had called an emergency meeting of the party legislators on January 1 following which a show-cause notice was issued to both of them by the party leadership. Within a short span of issuing the notice, Mulayam Singh Yadav appeared before the media and announced his decision.

नेताजी के आदेश अनुसार अखिलेश यादव और रामगोपाल यादव का पार्टी से निष्कासन तत्काल प्रभाव से समाप्त किया जाता है। सब साथ (1/2)

— Shivpal Singh Yadav (@shivpalsinghyad) December 31, 2016

…. मिलकर सांप्रदायिक ताकतों से लड़ेंगे और पुनः उत्तर प्रदेश में पूर्ण बहुमत की सरकार बनाएंगे। (2/2)

— Shivpal Singh Yadav (@shivpalsinghyad) December 31, 2016

After the announcement, Akhilesh Yadav supporters took to streets and gathered outside Mulayam’s residence shouting slogans against him and Shivpal. Tensions have been simmering between the party leadership since last few months which led to expulsion and re-induction of Ram Gopal Yadav on another occasion.